Pre-hardcore crystal meth addiction, Fergie was a childhood star.
Well, sort of.
She provided voice-overs in made-for-TV Peanuts cartoons as the voice of Sally.
But hey, cut Fergs a break – she was a cheerleader, straight-A student and Girl Scout. (Oh, and spelling bee champion.)
From age 9 to 13, Fergie starred on a sing-along sitcom called Kids Incorporated.
After Kids got canned, she joined a chick-band trio called Wild Orchids.
The group made two forgettable albums, and the record label denied their third.
In her late twenties, Fergie met addiction.
She got strung out on crystal meth like a limp, vermicelli noodle floating in a bathtub. But in 2005, she kicked meth to the curb. "It was the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with," she says of the drug. (False reports state she also dated a plastic spoon.)
Musical group Black Eyed Peas unlocked the door to Fergie's celebrity.
She was invited to sing one track with the band.
She dominated.
B.E.P. asked her to lay down vocals on five additional tracks.
Music was made. Magic was created. And, a musical foursome was born as a baby lay in a manger one starry night.
Fergie rode B.E.P. to fame like Boom Boom Pow.
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